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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
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|name = Kamala Shankar<br />
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|origin = [[Varanasi]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1966|12|05}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Thanjavur]], Tamil Nadu, India<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|title=Her guitar is a Shankar |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/her-guitar-is-a-shankar/article6291577.ece |website=thehindu.com |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=24 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Hawaiian guitar">{{cite web|title=Giving Hawaiian guitar a classical makeover |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/giving-hawaiian-guitar-a-classical-makeover/article25960289.ece |website=thehindu.com |date=10 January 2019 |access-date=24 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
|instrument = Shankar guitar<br />
|genre = [[Indian classical music]]<br />
|occupation = Musician<br />
|years_active = 1984–present<br />
|website = {{url|drkamalashankar.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kamala Shankar''' (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian [[Indian classical music|classical musician]] specializing in the [[Gharana]] tradition. She has created her own instrument, a custom version of a [[Lap steel guitar|Hawaiian slide guitar]] that she calls the Shankar slide guitar.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref>{{cite web|title='Shankar guitar' performance enthrals audience |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/shankar-guitar-performance-enthrals-audience/article2794743.ece |website=thehindu.com |date=25 July 2016 |access-date=24 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="easternmirrornagaland">{{cite web|title=Handshake Concert: Raj Bhavan sings for friendship and unity|url=https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/handshake-concert-raj-bhavan-sings-for-friendship-and-unity |website=easternmirrornagaland.com |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref> Shankar founded the Shakara Arts Foundation in 2007, and she holds a [[Doctor of Music|doctorate degree]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="easternmirrornagaland" /> She received the [[Kumar Gandharva Samman]] award from the government of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in 2013.<ref name="Hawaiian guitar" /><br />
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==Discography==<br />
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* ''Jhankaar'' (2008)<br />
* ''Hues of the Indian Guitar'' (2019)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|drkamalashankar.com}}<br />
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[[Category:1966 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian guitarists]]<br />
[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Etawah gharana]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Varanasi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women guitarists]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Thanjavur district]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women classical musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Women musicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women musicians]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]<br />
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